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Russia Benefiting from US-China Trade War as United States Becomes An Unreliable Trade Partner For Beijing Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Four months ago I wrote an article “China’s US$60 Billion Tariffs On United States Products A Good Opportunity For Russia To Push The US Out Of Asia”. At the time it was considered pretty bearish[…..]

Could Link With Proposed Helsinki Tunnel To Tallinn Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Maksim Akimov, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister stated at the Far East Economic Forum last week that Russia would like to extend the existing Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway line to Finland in the future. “Surely as the second stage. We would like to extend[…..]

US-China Trade War Has Shifted Some US China Purchasing To Russia Bilateral trade between Russia and China has been growing at 4.5% this year, with sharp increases over the past three months. That is roughly equivalent of China adding another US$500 million every month to its Russia shopping basket.

Russian Far East Regional Growth Is Three Times Higher Than The Russian National Average Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russian President, Vladimir Putin gave an extensive speech at the Plenary session of the Far Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok yesterday as he outlined plans to develop the city as a strategic hub within North-East Asia.[…..]

New “Micro-FTA” Concept Could Boost Cross-Border Agricultural Exports Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russian delegates speaking at the Russia-China dialogue session at the Far Eastern Economic Forum currently taking place in Vladivostok raised the suggestion of introducing a Pilot Free Trade Scheme for the North-East Asian Agricultural Industry. Suggestions were made that to boost bilateral trade[…..]

Tourism & Vietnam Free Trade Ties Encourage Nine Hour Flights To Sanya Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s regional Azur Air will launch a direct international route between Krasnodar and the Chinese resort of Sanya, commencing late October, with weekly flights operating on Sundays, the press service of the Krasnodar airport announced on Monday. “For the[…..]

Arctic Energy Resources Heading For Increased Asian Demand Russia’s Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexander Kozlov has said that Russia plans to synchronize the time of construction of icebreakers, cargo ships and port infrastructure in the Arctic with the implementation of investment projects in order to boost freight traffic along[…..]

US exports autos and aircraft, Russia exports oil & seafood Russia’s bilateral trade volume with the United States reached US$13.8 billion in the first half of 2019, according to Anatoly Antonov, the Russian Ambassador to the US. “Bilateral trade turnover with the United States is rising gradually. In 2018, it gained 13% to US$27.5 billion.[…..]

Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s Infrastructure Development With China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, India & Malaysia On The Agenda The fifth Far Eastern Economic Forum is to be held this week, starting on Wednesday (4th September). Concentrating on the somewhat forgotten corner of North-East Asia, this years event sees Russian President Vladimir Putin joined by[…..]

Africa has become a recipient of renewed Russian interest in trade and investment, following a similar path to that taken by China. Russian trade with African nations combined reached US$20 billion last year, a rise of 17%. This is expected to continue; Africa has recently agreed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which dispenses[…..]